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Old 09-01-2006, 10:08 AM   #9
Back Beach
Respect your elvers
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The eel should not fall apart unless touched by a fish. Let me assume you are using the correct hooks, which would be 8/0 to 10/0 siwash. Wrap some solder about 1/4" down the shank from the eye, heat the solder so it forms to the hook. Slide the eel's head over this ball of solder, then tie the head off on either side of the ball so the eel does not slide in either direction.The tail hook should never pop out either because the line between the front and back hooks should be tight within the body. Then sew the eye of the rear hook to either side of the vent hole. This is how I was taught by Nate Piazza and John Curran, perhaps the best rigged eel fishermen out there besides Al B.

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